Category Archives: c00l

The Hummingbirds Are Alright

By Halle | Published: January 2, 2009

The feeder outside our kitchen window froze solid during the last arctic blast. The Hummingbirds seemed to protest by chirping loudly and incessantly. Food must be scarce for them this time of year so we attempted to regularly thaw the feeder and place warm sugar water in it from time to time.

Also posted in general, pdx, photography | Tagged Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna, Hummingbird, Red, snow | 2 Comments

Winter Soltstice Eve Urban Tele Turns 12.20.08

By Halle | Published: December 20, 2008

My oh my the skiing was good off Alameda Ridge in NE Portland this evening:

Also posted in general, oregon, pdx, turns | Tagged Alameda Ridge, arctic blast 2008, Deadman's Hill, oregon, Portland, ski, snow, Snowy Portland, telemark, turns | 6 Comments

Chanterelle picking 14 November 2008

By Halle | Published: November 14, 2008

Today was my last day of Chanterelle picking for the season. It would have been nice to get out more this year. Some of the best and largest ones I found were emerging from under a large log: I met two Russians with a beautiful 4-month-old German Sheperd. They assumed I was Ukrainian because I [...]

Also posted in oregon | Tagged chanterelle, fungus, girolle, mushroom, oregon, Pacific Golden Chanterelle | 3 Comments

4 November 2008

By Halle | Published: November 4, 2008

Also posted in general, oregon, pdx | Tagged Obama, Portland, pumpkin | 2 Comments

Hibiscus Hand Tattoo

By Halle | Published: October 22, 2008

Recently a client asked me to scout for a woman’s tattooed hand for a possible shoot. Not a fancy Beverly Hills French nails and all kind of hand. I found this hand today at lunch. The potential hand model was super sweet and is keen to moonlight as a hand model.

Also posted in flora, travaille | Tagged hand, Hibiscus, oregon, Portland, tatoo | 1 Comment

Make It Red

By Halle | Published: October 15, 2008

Once upon a time when I worked for one I heard another art dealer say to a photographer: “If it doesn’t sell make it red. If it still doesn’t sell make it big. And if it STILL doesn’t sell make it big AND red.” There’s no stratergery here; the bag I happened to grab before [...]

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10 lb. Chanterelle

By Halle | Published: October 7, 2008

Yup, that’s me. Me and the biggest Chanterelle I’ve ever found. The photo’s by ‘Whatia’ Howell. Claudia and I went picking Sunday and were utterly clueless that it was the 2nd day of rifle deer season in Oregon. After meeting several nice fellows with rifles over their shoulders we avoided parking near other vehicles and [...]

Also posted in flora, oregon | Tagged chanterelle, fungi, fungus, girole, mushroom, wild | 6 Comments

autumn harbinger

By Halle | Published: August 14, 2008

After a surf along the northern Oregon coast Tuesday I found my first Chanterelles of the 2008 mushroom season: They were exactly where I found my first patch in 2007 only 2 weeks or so earlier.